Pete Doherty plays 'secret' Glastonbury show
Pete Doherty played a much-rumoured solo show on Glastonbury's Park Stage this afternoon (June 23).
As first reported by NME.COM, the Babyshambles frontman was paid just ?100 by stage organiser Emily Eavis to play the show after his band had performed on the Other Stage yesterday (June 23).
With word out that Doherty was playing the show, a large crowd traipsed through the sticky mud to swell around the tiny stage.
Arriving slightly late because he'd been stuck in the mud himself, Doherty took the stage sporting a blue vest, trilby hat, rosary beeds and Wellington boots.
Kicking off the stripped-down set, the star was briefly accompanied by bandmate Mick Witnall on harmonica for an acoustic version of 'Can't Stand Me Now'.
He followed that with another Libertines' number 'What A Waster' before jamming into solo song 'East Of Eden'.
The set then included songs such as 'The Ballad Of Grimaldi', which Doherty has earmarked for his currently unreleased solo album.
Pausing mid way through that song Doherty explained the reference to St Jude in the lyrics.
"Did you know he's the patron saint of lost causes and the church where QPR was originally from?" asked the singer, triggering several fans to chant Doherty's favourite team's name.
Following with 'Albion', he changed the songs lyrics to reflect the fans hometowns earning the loudest cheer when he included Glastonbury.
For 'I Wish' he was joined again by Witnall on acoustic guitar before ending the set with 'Music When The Lights Go Out'.
"Thank you have a wicked time for the rest of the weekend, lots of love," he told the crowd but was quickly lured out again to play The Libertines' song 'Up The Bracket' for an encore.
Pete Doherty played:
'Can't Stand Me Now'
'What A Waster'
'East Of Eden
'Acardy'
'Killamangiro'
'The Ballad Of Grimaldi'
'Albion'
'I Wish'
'Pipey Magraw'
'Music When The Lights Go Out'
'Up The Bracket' |
Klaxons, Kasabian and Kooks join Oxjam
Klaxons, Kasabian and The Kooks have joined in this years Oxjam festival.
The festival will see music fans put on 500 days of continuous music, raising an anticipated ?1 million to help Oxfam fight poverty around the world.
Hot Chip, Kaiser Chiefs, DJ Shadow and Fatboy Slim are some of the 40,000 musicians expected to take part in the music events, which will occur throughout October.
XFM are to join forces with Oxfam to give ?50,000 to young people to help them put on the festival. Two hundred event organisers will be awarded ?250 towards the costs of the event.
Bands wanting to take part can go to xfm.co.uk/oxjam from July 24 to August 18 to take part.
DJ John Kennedy said: "This is a fantastic way for the stars of tomorrow to get themselves in the spotlight at the same time as doing their bit to fight poverty around the world." |
Yeah Yeah Yeahs announce US jaunt
Yeah Yeah Yeahs have announced that they will play a handful of dates in the US surrounding their appearances at major festivals.
The band are gearing up to release a new EP, 'Is Is' on July 23 in the UK and a day later in the US.
In addition to playing Chicago's Lollapalooza on August 4 and Baltimore's Virgin Festival the next day, they'll play smaller venues such as the Granada Theatre in Lawrence, Kansas and New York's Webster Hall.
They'll wrap things up at the Download Festival in Mansfield, Massachusetts on August 18. |